Hoisting storm-sails



s. P. WILLE'BY. Hoisting Storm-Sails.

No. 226,142 Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

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SAMUEL P. WILLEBY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOISTING STORM-SAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,142, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed January 15, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. WILLEBY, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting Storm-Sails and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my invention; Figs. 2 and 3, detail perspectives, and Fig. 4 anenlarged front elevation of the wirerope stayand its fastening devices.

My invention has for its object to provide means whereby the storm try-sails of fore-andaft-rigged vessels may be hoisted with greater ease and facility and in less time than heretofore.

My invention consists in the combination, with the try-sail provided with suitable hanks, of a laterally-movable stay-rod, upon which said hanks slide, and a band secured to the mast and having a segmental rod or traveler, upon which moves an eye or ring attached to the stay-rod, as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

Referring to the annexed drawings, A indicates a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, and B one of its masts. O is a storm try-sail, to the lad of which is fastened, at suitable intervals, hanks c c.

D is a stay of any suitable material, preferably wirerope, located just aft of the mast, its lower end being made fast to the deck by means of an eye, cl, its upper end having a shackle or equivalent device, (1, whereby it can be properly secured, and at the same time permitted movement, as hereinafter set forth.

E is a band similar to or may be the futtock-band, located just below the trestle-trees F I. To this band is secured a segmental rail or traveler-rod, G, on which the shackle d can freely slide from side to side of the mast.

From. the cross-trees F hangs a throatblock, H, through which pass the halyards I. In practice it is designed to use two blocks, so as to obtain greater power, although 1 have illustrated only one, and I design also providing a pair of blocks between the lower end of the stay and the deck, so as to draw said stay taut.

In very fair weather, or when storm sails are not likely to be required, it will not be necessary to have the stay in position, and then it may be down and stowed away with the try-sail. In stormy weather, or at seasons when storm-sails are likely to be required, the stay should be kept up in position, the try-sail being kept reefed until required to be hoisted.

WVhen necessary to hoist the try-sail all that will be required is to haul upon the halyards, the hanks sliding freely on the stay, and after the sail is hoisted make the halyards fast to the cleat K, the block H bringing the peak of the sail amidships. v

When the try-sail is taken down the stay D may be permitted to remain up, and will not interfere with the mainsail or its gaff, as the traveler rail or rod G will permit such stay to swing to either side of the mast out of the way of the mainsail or gaff.

The great advantage of this improvement lies in the facility and speed with which a storm try-sail by its employment can be hoisted and set.

Hitherto the beckets employed had each one to be brought around the mast in succession and tieda work of considerable difficulty and requiring no little time. So, too, as the heckets surround the mast and slide thereon, and as the mast is not unfrequently sticky and dirty, it is frequently very laborious to cause the beckets to move over it. By the employment of the stay and hanks, however, the beckets are dispensed with and the encircling and sliding upon the mast avoided.

The hanks move freely on the stay and the latter is not in the way of the mainsail or its gaff when hoisted, as it is capable of being easily moved to either side of the mast 011 the traveler-rod.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the stay D', try-sail G, having the hanks c, and band E, of the segmental rod or. traveler G, whereby said stay is capable of being moved to either side of the mast'to avoid the mainsail or its gaff, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1880.

- SAMUEL P. WILLEBY. Witnesses:

M. D. (loNNoLLY, OHAs. F. VAN HORN. 

